Crystal Palace have suffered another serious injury blow after James McArthur was ruled out for the remainder of the campaign having sustained ankle ligament damage in Tuesday’s defeat by Bournemouth.

The midfielder suffered the injury early in the first half at Selhurst Park, as he conceded a foul on the visitors’ Dan Gosling, and was replaced at half-time as Palace succumbed to a fifth successive Premier League loss.

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The Scot, signed from Wigan last season and integral to the team’s progress this term, wrote on Twitter: “Looks like season is over for me with ankle ligaments torn. Just another challenge in my career to make sure I work hard and come back stronger.”

That news compounded the fact that Jason Puncheon pulled his hamstring late in that game and, despite limping on to finish the match, will now be absent for at least a month.

Palace had already been playing without Yannick Bolasie, who suffered a hip injury just before Christmas in the last league game the team won, and Bakary Sako, who is recovering from a hamstring problem. Alan Pardew hopes they may be available for the FA Cup fifth-round tie against Tottenham Hotspur later this month, though he will also be without the injured Joe Ledley and suspended Connor Wickham for Saturday’s trip to Swansea City.

There is hope Yohan Cabaye will be able to feature at the Liberty Stadium having missed the midweek defeat with an ankle injury sustained in a challenge from Stoke’s Stephen Ireland last weekend.

“I have some disappointing news,” said Pardew on Thursday. “McArthur is out for a long time, we think, after doing his ankle ligaments, and Puncheon is going to miss a long period as well with a hamstring problem, so that is just more injuries on the list.

“There is some better news on the offensive players. [Dwight] Gayle has trained so he is back and available after his hamstring injury, and Sullay Kaikai has also trained. He’s a young player I would probably have used in this period without Bolasie but, unfortunately, he was injured too. Yohan, we think, has a very good chance of playing.”

Emmanuel Adebayor played 32 minutes against Bournemouth but will start again on the bench at Swansea as he continues to build up his own match fitness.

“He’ll have another cameo role on Saturday in some respect, to help him get up to speed,” said Pardew. “We’re really pleased to have him and his contribution to the training ground has been excellent. I don’t think he’s too long away from starting. He’s almost ready but we’ll have to see how he goes over the next 10 days.”

Pardew included the young midfielder Hiram Boateng – who spent time on loan at Plymouth in League Two earlier this season – on the bench on Tuesday and he will join Kaikai in the squad for the trip to south Wales.

Palace, who added only Adebayor to their ranks in the January transfer window, have now failed to win in seven league games, scoring only twice, and travel to Swansea 10 points clear of the relegation cut-off with their only wins since Christmas having come in the FA Cup. The manager admitted his team, even 12th in the table, find themselves in “a vulnerable position”.